🇬🇷🗳📃 — 🇪🇺📰 Europe Elects | Greece, parliament election today:

— "With nearly 90% of the polling stations reporting, ND of the centre-right EPP looks to sweep all but one of the country's electoral districts with representation.

SYRIZA of the eponymous LEFT leads in the northeastern district of Rodopi"

🔗 Europe Elects (@EuropeElects)

— Ironic point: The only region where the Leftists won in Greece is the one where the Turkish minority of Greece lives 🤔

🇨🇳❎🇬🇧 — Chinese Embassy in Great Britain: We call on London to stop defaming Beijing to avoid further harming relations between the two countries.

🇪🇺🤝🇸🇾 — 🇸🇾📰 AINA: European Governments Defend Iraq's Patriarch Sako
— "Eleven different European countries, together with the European Union, released a statement on Sunday evening affirming their support for Iraq's Patriarch Louis Raphaël Sako.

The Patriarch -- who heads the country's Chaldean Church, and was made a Cardinal by Pope Francis in 2018 -- is facing criticism over comments concerning political representation for Iraq's ancient Christian minority.

Sunday's statement expressed the European governments' "solidarity" with Patriarch Sako, and stressed the importance of his "efforts to protect the rights of Christians on the soil that they have inhabited for two millennia.""

Link
https://archive.is/oi1xi

🇮🇷🤝🇸🇾 — 🇸🇾📰 AINA: Assyrian Patriarch Meets With Iran's President
— "The Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, Mar Awa III, praised Iran for fighting against the Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists in Iraq and Syria in defense of humanity and faith.

In a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran on Monday, Mar Awa III expressed gratitude to the Islamic Republic of Iran for its fight against the Deash terrorist group and helping save faith and humanity in Iraq and Syria.

The Assyrian patriarch also lauded the Iranian officials' support for the dialogue of religions."

Link
https://archive.is/ZvniJ

🇷🇺❎🇷🇺 — 📰 Deutsche Welle: German police probe suspected poisoning of exiled Russians

— "German police have opened an investigation into the possible poisoning of two Russians living in exile, officials said on Sunday.
Russian investigative media outlet Agentstvo reported that two Russian dissidents who attended a meeting in Berlin on April 29 and 30 described feeling ill. The meeting was organized by Kremlin critic and exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Berlin police officials told news agencies that they were looking into the case. They provided no other details saying the probe was ongoing.

One is a journalist who recently left Russia. The journalist experienced unspecified symptoms during the course of the event but said the symptoms may have also shown prior to the summit. She was treated at the Charite Hospital in east Berlin."

Link
https://archive.is/WJiJl

🇷🇺❎🇷🇺 — 📰 Reuters: German police investigate possible poisoning of two Russian exiles

— "German police said they are investigating the possible poisoning of two Russian exiles who attended a conference in Berlin at the end of April, organised by Russian Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Berlin police told Reuters "a file had been opened" after German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, citing Russian investigative media group Agentstvo, said two women reported symptoms that suggested possible poisoning.

Police gave no further details."

Link
https://archive.is/H7a2Z

🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — A Video published 7 days ago by the official medias of Ukrainian Army's 93rd Mechanized Brigade shows the Ukrainian PoV of the last days on the Battle of Bakhmut

On the footage, the Brigade Tanks appear working against the positions of Wagner PMC Assault platoons with direct guidance, as according to them the positions of the Russian mercenaries are just some several tens of meters away.
https://youtu.be/Qoy0rdfQgYM

🇷🇺🇷🇺🎖— On May 21, 2023, Russian State Media RIA Novosti published a footage showing Stormtroopers of the Russia's Western Military District being awarded the Order of Courage, medals "For Courage" and St. George's Crosses at the forefront, as the Russian Ministry of Defense reported

https://t.me/rian_ru/203306

🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦 — On May 21, 2023, the Biden Administration Announced Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine, following US President Joe Biden meeting with President Zelenskyy in Hiroshima, Japan

According to the Pentagon, this is the thirty-eighth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.

It includes ammunition for U.S.-provided HIMARS, artillery rounds, anti-armor capabilities, and critical enablers valued at up to $375 million

In total the package includes:
— Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
— 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
— Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
— Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
— Laser-guided rocket system munitions;
— Demolition munitions;
— Armored bridging systems;
— Armored medical treatment vehicles;
— Trucks and trailers to transport heavy equipment;
— Logistics support equipment;
— Thermal imagery systems;
— Spare parts and other field equipment.

Link
https://archive.is/wFuhx

🇷🇺❌🇵🇱 — 🇷🇺 RIA Novosti: On Monday, the Duma Council will consider the issue of measures against Poland, including the transit of trucks through the territory of the Russian Federation, Volodin said

https://t.me/rian_ru/203310

🇹🇷🗳📃 — The Turkish newspaper Hürriyet reports that the former Far-Right Turkish presidential candidate Ogan (gained 5% in the first round) will announce today that he will support Erdogan in the second round of elections on May 28

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️📉 — 📰 Reuters: Power outages at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant in south-central Ukraine.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️📉 — 🇷🇺 RIA Novosti: Zaporozhye NPP was switched to diesel generators due to the shutdown of the Dniprovska power line, the station lost external power supply
https://t.me/rian_ru/203357